Waste removal company 1-800-GOT-JUNK? is cleaning up -- literally -- because of Hurricane Irene.

Business: 1-800-GOT-JUNK?

Location: Philadelphia

Businesses that make money off of messes are booming post Irene. "It is quite amazing and unfortunate," said Eric Blum of his Northern Philadelphia franchise of 1-800-GOT-JUNK?, a waste removal company.

"We are so busy that I don't have enough trucks and employees to handle it all," said Blum, whose company has half a dozen dump trucks. 1-800-GOT-JUNK? franchises pick up items that customers want to get rid of, and they charge them by the volume. Blum's average haul costs between $400 and $440.